Air Mile Transfer from one program to another?
Definitely not. American Airlines is part of the One World group (that includes airlines such as BA, Qantas or Iberia), whereas Air Canada is part of StarAlliance (Lufthansa etc). You should be able to use your AA miles with companies that are part of the One World group. See http://www.oneworld.com. You should also be able to redeem the miles for other than flights: hotels, car rentals, etc. See http://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/redeem...
I have been an Advantage flyer since 1986 and have yet to figure out how they calculate these things. As an EP, I don't think you get any benefits other than those of the program. And no, they don't give out "batches" like they use to and earning them is a mystery. Advantage is like the DMV..every time you call and ask a question, you get a different answer. I have yet to figure out how to use all of my 500 mile 'awards' . One agent told me that if I booked a flight a flight of 5,000 r/t, she could tell me the benefits. In order to do that, I would have to book in a specific class but not first. She said it was problematic on flights that don't offer three classes of services. I knew less when I hung up the phone than when I called. I know I must sound a bit distraught, but it a total mind-fuck. DUH.
You may give your miles to such charities as Make-a-Wish with most airline program miles but selling them is against the rules of every airline on which I collect miles.On United it cost me money to transfer some of my miles to my daughter’s account for a trip the two of us were taking and I used to be able to do that for no cost for a family member….of course that was years ago before the airlines figured out all the many ways in which they can make money.Depending ont he airline miles you are trying to sell, you likely also run the risk of losing all your miles and having your account closed. The best thing you can do with miles is to keep accumulating them for yourself until you have enough for a first-class ticket across the Pacific. Such a ticket is worth about $13,000 depending on the itinerary and you will never sell your miles for that much money.
American Airlines Miles for British Airways Flight?
While the two answers that gave specific information regarding the procedure by which one can redeen AAdvantage miles for British Airways flights are partially correct, they are both incomplete, as they neglect to mention a major limitation on the redemption -- AAdvantage miles cannot be used to redeem for British Airways flights between the US and UK. You can use your AA miles to redeem partner awards that include British Airways flights between other destinations (including between Canada or Mexico and the UK), but they're not going to allow you to fly between the US and UK on an award ticket using BA. Those specific details (as well as many of the other rules and restrictions on partner award travel) can be found on AA's website, linked below. Also note that one of the answers already given is partially inaccurate, as partner award travel (even originating in the US) cannot be booked on the website. These tickets can only be booked by calling AAdvantage Customer Service at (800) 882-8880.
The Starwood Preferred Guest card has no match. The rewards program is the best program out there. In addition to redeeming for hotel stays, you can convert to airline miles in many programs. (I find the hotel stays to be a much better value than transferring.) The annual fee recently went up to $65 (waived first year), but it's still well worth it if you spend 15k or more each year. The card does charge a 2.7% foreign transaction fee, so avoid using it abroad.The Amex Platinum card will be dropping its foreign transaction fee in the next couple of months. It comes with a lot of benefits, including $200 credit each year to apply toward incidental travel expenses, access to AA, US and DL lounges. The annual fee is steep -- $450 -- but if you travel a lot, it's worth it. Right now, they're running a promotion where you get 50,000 Membership Rewards points for signing up.The PenFed Premium Rewards card has a solid rewards program, generous benefits and no foreign transaction fee. They offer 5X rewards on plane ticket purchases, so it's a great card if you spend a lot on airfare. $50 annual fee. (waived first year). Update: PenFed has eliminated its annual fee.One overlooked advantage of using Amex cards overseas is they aren't subject to the dynamic currency conversion scam that many hotels and other merchants like to use.The best Visa card is unfortunately no longer available to new customers. But as others have pointed out, cards from CapitalOne don't have foreign transaction fees and some cards from Chase (Hyatt, British Airways) also don't have the fees. The CapitalOne Venture card seems to have a nice rewards program.For those in the San Francisco area, the Virgin America card is a nice card with no annual fee and a generous rewards program. Foreign transaction fees apply.If you carry a balance, ignore everything above and get a card with a low interest rate. If you want a referral for the Starwood or PenFed cards, feel free to ping me.
No. Tickets purchased with award miles do not earn PQMs. https://www.united.com/web/en-US...
Hi, you may redeem your miles at BA.com. Go to Executive Club section - Spending Avios. Choose “Reward flights”. Type city pairs you need and pay attention you chose an Economy or Business cabin, not First (won’t show you any flights if there is no First cabin available). Shows availability on American Airlines pretty well. Taxes are small. Note, there may be no available inbound or outbound seats for miles, around Thanksgiving or Christmas particularly.If you’re about to spend UK Aviis shopping scheme points, you better try it on Avios website. Shows AA seats too.
Question for SoCal students/teachers about Middle College...help!?
I think it's a good idea to participate in the program. You'll be able to take courses when you want to and this could open up some time for you to have a part time job. Then by the time you graduate high school, you'll have either an Associate degree or a good amount of general education credits to transfer to a 4 year school. Plus it's free!! Instead of taking AP Language you would probably take (incoming college) freshman english and you'd take a US History course (my college had 2: one was from the US Revolution to the Civil War and the other was from Reconstruction onward) Spanish classes count towards your general education credits and are needed to graduate college. You might have to have taken enough math in order to get into college Chemistry. It depends on the college's requirements. I am only making guesses here but you really should've spoken to your high school guidance counselor about this a long time ago. Middle College kids are by now already taking some college courses over the summer and are all set up for next year. If you were attending the high school where I work at, you'd already be too late to sign up for Middle College.
Penn Foster online college?
Penn Foster has a terrible reputation! See RipOffReport.com for schools to avoid. In general you would be wise to avoid ANY online-only school or ANY for-profit school. Look for a college that has an actual classroom presence, not just online. Also look for a college that has regional NOT national accreditation. Regional college accreditation is a much higher standard. When in doubt, sit down and talk to someone at a state university to see if they accept credits from the school in question. I have never heard of any legit, public (state) university accepting any college credits from Penn Foster for college transfer.. The "graduate" of any online school may have done nothing but hire an impostor to take the courses. As a result, any online degree is considered questionable. Employers often automatically reject applicants lisitng ANY for-profit school or ANY online degree. There is an old joke that the "distance learning" student may have only learned how to be distant from any good learning.